For those not familiar with me and are wondering if a session(s) would be a good use of your time I am an IT Recruiter with 11 years if experience and have been speaking to groups of all ages and skill sets in groups of 20-200 and now online for 7 years.

Here is some background on presentations and interviews I have been a part of and recognition as a Minnesota Social Media Innovator:

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September 1st, 1 PM CDT

Job Search Toolkit - Be Your Own Headhunter

Economic and labor statistics and projections show that while the economy may be coming back the employment market will lag more than previous recessions and worse, many are predicting a jobless recovery.

This is session is for those in a job search or those thinking either by choice or force they will be doing one soon.

If you are wondering how to create/use your network, how to find the hidden job market, be more aggressive with your job search approach or are relying on job boards to find jobs to apply to then this session is for you.

For those of us who have profiles on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Ning groups and/or write a blog we often use these site to communicate with friends, peers, coworkers and family but until recently very few thought of them as opportunities to network, for lead generation, or to find jobs and consulting opportunities.

In this 60 minute presentation (with 30 minutes of Q&A to follow) you will learn to create your hub or online presence with the use of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Ning groups and blogs showing ways one can:

Optimize profiles with keywords, locations, etc

Use the site to search others

Join and create groups

Overtly and covertly say you are networking, looking for customers, jobs or consulting gigs

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Welcome to the Minnesota Headhunter Blog. My name is Paul DeBettignies (pronounced De-Bett-ingz).

I started writing in 2005 to share thoughts and ideas I had as an IT recruiter.

Since then I expanded this site to include MN IT and recruiter jobs, links to Minnesota business news and promote the local tech community.

I am the Principal of Minnesota Headhunter, LLC a Minneapolis IT search firm and a frequent local and national speaker and article contributor on recruiter, HR, career, networking and social media topics.